the extensive sadhana of solitary hero yamantaka

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The Extensive Sadhana of Solitary Hero Yamantaka

Entitled:

“Victory Over Demons”

Composed by

Pabongkha Dechen Nyingpo

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Translated by David Gonsalez

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David has just completed a number of other texts for Snow Lion that are planned for 2011 (check www.snowlionpub.com for availability):

Roar of Thunder Yamantaka Restricted Texts A collection of essential Yamantaka texts and commentaries

The Roar of Thunder is a collection of texts related to the practice of Vajrabhairava Yamantaka. The first text in this collection is a commentary to the Thirteen Deity Vajrabhairava practice composed by Ngulchu Dharmabhara. This text is truly phenomenal and gives rich and inspiring instruction by combining both the Ensa and Segyu lineage of instructions in a straightforward yet incredibly profound presentation. The second is a commentary to the Solitary Hero practice and was composed by the Fifth Ling Rinpoche, Losang Lungtog Tenzin Trinlay while he was in a three year Yamantaka retreat. This text is a treasure trove of oral instructions that have not been written down elsewhere and is written for yogis of Yamantaka therefore its presentation is very down to earth and direct. The combination of these two texts gives the reader a unprecedented panoramic perspective of the entire spectrum of Vajrabhairava practice in both its Thirteen Deity and Solitary Hero aspects. Additionally, those who are merely interested in the Solitary Hero practice needn’t feel that the commentary to the Thirteen Deity practice is superfluous. In fact, traditionally Tibetan Lamas would give a commentary to the Solitary Hero practice in reliance upon the texts of the Thirteen Deity practice while following the Solitary Hero sadhana. The appendix contains a rich and inspiring presentation of the historical origins of Vajrabhairava stemming from Lalita Vajra, through Rva Lotsawa, Lama Tsongkhapa, Sherab Senge and through both the Segyu and Ensa lineages and was composed by Je Sherab Gyatso. Also included in this amazing volume is the extensive sadhana of Solitary Hero composed by Kyabje Pabongkha that can be used as a reference to facilitate a more thorough understanding of the commentaries.

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To practice and is the supreme entrance to the path of accomplishing The two stages in the vajra sphere of the three bodies That reveals glorious good qualities for the fortunate beginner. For that reason, in the face of the request from the faithful benefactor Who adheres to the commitments, I made every effort to set this to writing. Through the fruits of whatever virtue I have obtained That is glorious like a white autumn moon, May I, the benefactor, and all living beings be cared for By peaceful and wrathful Manjushri throughout all our lives And with discriminating wisdom may I progress on the path of the Two stages which quickly results in the ultimate union of glory. Thus, I have set to writing this Sadhana of the Bhagavan Solitary Hero Glorious Vajrabhairava entitled “Victory Over Demons” that is set forth in a way that is easy for beginners of modest faculties to put into practice. The request to the lineage gurus and the inner offering [to the lineage gurus] was arranged according to the lineage that I [Pabongkha] have received. It was requested by the Nobleman, the Upasika Dondrup Paljor and was merely arranged for recitation by the tulku bearing the name Pabongkha and was based on the scriptures of Nagden Ponlha Thubten.

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The Sadhana of the Bhagavan Solitary Hero Glorious Vajrabhairava Entitled “Victory over

Demons”

Set Forth in a Way that is Easy for Beginners of Modest Faculties to

Put into Practice

NAMO GURU BHAIRAVA YA

With great respect, I prostrate and go for refuge to the feet of the guru inseparable from Manjushri Yamantaka. Please take me into your loving care with your great compassion now and forever.

This supreme deity has extraordinary unsurpassed qualities such as the five unique great qualities that surpass other deities in these degenerate times. From among the numerous emanations of Manjushri he appears as the Lord of the Enemy of Time. Here I shall present the sadhana of Vajrabhairava Solitary Hero in a format that is easy to put into practice and arranged for daily recitation and is entitled “Victory Over Demons.”

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Requesting the Lineage Gurus I make requests to the Pervasive Vajra Lord Yamantaka, The principal dakini producing every delight in this protector, And Lalita who actualized the state of union; Please bestow the two attainments. I make requests to supreme siddhas Amoghavajra and Jnanakaragupta, Pämavajra who gained control over the wind and mind, And Dipamkara [Atisha] the sovereign lord of sutra and tantra; Please bestow the two attainments. I make requests to Rva Lo Dorje Drag the lord of power and strength, Your supreme son Chörab who became the eyes of the world, And Glorious Yeshe Sengé and Bum Sengé; Please bestow the two attainments. I make requests to Jetsun Ga Lo, victorious in battle over the four demons, The Omniscient Sherab Sengé and Yeshe Pal, And Dondrup Rinpoche who spontaneously accomplishes the two aims; Please bestow the two attainments. I make requests to Glorious Losang Dragpa, the Second Conqueror, The holy Khädrup and Sherab Sengé as well as

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Through the auspiciousness of whatever sign of virtue exists In the supreme palace as extensive as space, Radiating light equal to the sun and the moon and Beautified by countless precious ornaments May there never arise the signs of inauspiciousness At your home or wherever you stay And may there be the auspiciousness of An uninterrupted magnificent delight Of the excellent field of fortune. If you wish to make the auspicious prayers concise recite: May there be the auspiciousness of the root and lineage gurus, May there be auspiciousness of the host of mandala deities, May there be auspiciousness of the goddesses and dakinis, May there be auspiciousness of the dharma protectors and guardians. Colophon Through the experience of being moved by the compassion of Sole Father Manjushri With a repulsive face and dancing hands, the practitioner is Held under the care of the supreme deity with your five unique qualities As he protects myself and all migrating beings. For that reason, I have arranged this sadhana in a way that is easy

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With the Father and Mother, the pervasive lords of the mandala Engaged in the stabilization of the supreme mahamudra of Simultaneously born great bliss until the end of existence May there be the auspiciousness of become the lord of the space-treasure As the Dharma treasure of uncontaminated great bliss Without even the name of interference for you. Through the auspiciousness of whatever sign of virtue exists With the King of Tantra Glorious Vajrabhairava as The sole jewel of the world embodying the great ocean Of the mantra knowledge-holder’s classes of tantra May there be the auspiciousness of propagating in all worlds The enjoyment of undefiled glory emerging from vase in your heart being filled With the supreme nectar of the two stages’ profound meaning. Through the auspiciousness of whatever sign of virtue exists In the assembled masses of heroes and yoginis who have Discovered supreme attainments by apprehending even A portion of this tantra in the realms of the ten directions May there be the auspiciousness of igniting the festival of bliss That comes from collecting the assistants of Mind, body, and speech, as the simultaneously born, Mantra born, and field born messengers who create Favorable conditions for you to accomplish supreme attainments.

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Pladen Sangpo who discovered to supreme union; Please bestow the two attainments. I make requests to Gendun Pal, the sovereign lord of the sutra and tantra teachings, Tashi Phag, whose eyes perfectly perceive the meaning of the tantras, And to Samdrup Gyatso, who spontaneously fulfills the two aims; Please bestow the two attainments. I make requests to Tsondru Pag, sovereign lord of the entire teachings, Dorje Zang, the holder of treasury of excellent explanations, And to Sangye Gyatso, the treasure trove of instructions; Please bestow the two attainments. I make requests to Losang Chögyen, the Lord of siddhas, The vajra-holder Konchog Gyaltsen, And Losang Yeshe the dance of Amitabha; Please bestow the two attainments. I make requests to Kelsang Gyatso, the Lord of the Conquerors, Rolpai Dorje, who grasped the meaning of tantra, And Ngawang Tsultrim the sovereign lord of the teachings; Please bestow the two attainments. I make requests to Jangchub Chöphel who has completed the sutras and tantras, Dagri Dorje Chang, unequalled in kindness, And Losang Chöjor glorious and kind;

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Please bestow the two attainments. I make requests to the Great Tutor Lingtrul Dorje Chang, Losang Lungtog Tenzin Trinley, And the Great Abbot Tenpa Chöphel Palsangpo; Please bestow the two attainments. I make requests to Dechen Nyingpo, unequalled in kindness, As the exalted wisdom of all the infinite Conquerors You manifest as a terrifying wrathful human display Please bestow the two attainments. [At this point make requests to the remaining lineage gurus in accordance with transmission that your root guru received]. Through making praises in this way, throughout all my lives May always come under the care of the Virtuous Friend of the Supreme Vehicle Be nurtured by the festival of the vast and profound Dharma, And accomplish enlightenment for the welfare of my mothers. May I be victorious in battle over the four maras of adverse conditions, Accomplish the eight great attainments such as pacifying, increasing, controlling, and wrathful, Develop a wealth of all attainments, And become the foremost holder of essence of the Buddha’s teaching.

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With haunting songs of auspiciousness sung with the melody of Brahma They send down a rain of flowers filling the sky and proclaim “Through this melodious proclamation of auspiciousness May you always abide in glory and generate ecstasy through wisdom.” I prostrate to you Vajrabhairava the King of Wrath Enacting your wrathful dance through great compassion for the sake of Subduing those not suitable to be [subdued] by Manjushri— The sole embodiment of the wisdom the conquerors of the three times. Through the auspiciousness of whatever sign of virtue exists With the dakini who generates every delight in this protector And the supreme direct and lineage gurus as the Siddhas who gained supreme [attainments] such as Lalita and so forth; May there be the auspiciousness of increasing every last supreme teaching Of the glorious Vajrayana in every direction through the enlightened Actions of these Powerful Vajradhara gurus entering my heart. Through the auspiciousness of whatever sign of virtue exists

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Having actualized the state endowed with the seven limbs of embrace The nature of the five bodies that lasts for as long as space exists May I easily and instantaneously establish All living beings in that very state. Dissolution The charnel grounds together with the protection circle dissolves into the celestial mansion. The celestial mansion dissolves into me. I as the commitment being melt into the wisdom being. The wisdom being dissolves into the concentration being. The shabgyu of the concentration being [syllable HUM] dissolves into the HA. The body of the HA dissolves into the head of the HA. That into the crescent moon, that into the drop, that into the nada, and the nada transforms into unobservable emptiness.

From the state of emptiness I emerge as Glorious Vajrabhairava with one face and two arms. At my crown is OM, at my throat an AH, and at my heart a HUM.

Auspicious Prayers The expanse of space and earth are utterly filled With a host of mandala deities of Yamantaka In every direction and without obstruction By merely remembering them, all demons and obstructing spirits Are destroyed and the mind’s wishes are effortless fulfilled.

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How to Begin the Actual Session Instantaneous Self-Generation In an instant I arise in the bodily aspect of Glorious Vajrabhairava with one face and two arms holding a curved knife and skull cup.

Blessing the Inner Offering

OM HRIH TRI WI TRI TA NA NA HUM PHAT1 OM SÖBHAWA SHUDDHA SARWA DHARMA SÖBHAWA SHUDDHO HAM Everything becomes emptiness. From the state of emptiness from YAM emerges a blue bow-shaped wind mandala marked with pendants. Upon that, from RAM emerges a red triangular fire mandala. Upon that, from AH emerge three human heads upon which from AH emerges a white skull cup inside of which in the east from BHRUM emerges bull meat marked by a GO. In the south, from AM emerges dog meat marked by a KU. In the west, from DZIM emerges elephant meat marked by a DA. In the north from KHAM emerges horse meat marked by a HA. In the center, from TAM emerges human flesh marked by a NA. 1 Although the English transliteration of the Sanskrit renders this mantra OM SHTRIH VIKRITA NA NA HUM PHAT, the way I have spelled is in accordance with the pronunciation the Tibetan lineage gurus.

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In the southeast, from LAM emerges feces marked by a BI. In the southwest, from MAM emerges blood marked by a RA. In the northwest, from PAM emerges white bodhichitta marked by a SHU. In the northeast, from TAM emerges marrow marked by a MA. In the center, from BAM emerges urine marked by a MU.

Above these are white OM, red AH, and blue HUM stacked on upon the other. Light rays radiate from the HUM at my heart striking the wind mandala whereby the wind blows, the fire blazes, and the substances inside the skull cup melt and boil. Light rays radiate in sequence from the three syllables and summon the vajra body, vajra speech, and vajra mind which sequentially dissolve into the three syllables. They descend into the skull cup and melt whereby the faults of color, scent, and potential are purified by the HUM, it is realized into nectar by the AH, and it increases and multiplies through the OM.

OM AH HUM (3x)

Blessing the Offering for the Directional Protectors

OM HRIH TRI WI TRI TA NA NA HUM PHAT OM SÖBHAWA SHUDDHA SARWA DHARMA SÖBHAWA SHUDDHO HAM Everything becomes emptiness. From the state of emptiness, from AH emerge broad and extensive skull cups inside of which are letter HUMs

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The faultless signs of this, such as mirage and so forth. May I arise in the deity body beatified by the marks and signs Through a similitude of the yoga of shape and A similitude of the yoga of pure exalted wisdom Like a water bubble in the center of a spring. May I accomplish the union of learning By abandoning the obstructions to liberation through manifesting The simultaneously born meaning [clear light] and repeatedly absorbing The beautiful illusory body into the clear light. May I attain the state of powerful Vajradhara in this life Through the vajra-like concentration that comes from Perfecting meditation on supreme simultaneously born [bliss] That abandons all mistakes and their imprints. May I easily lead all beings to the state of Vajradhara through this path and may this wondrous Path never decline but increase in every direction Through my efforts alone. Concise Dedication Prayers From the virtue procured through exerting myself In this method with a completely pure mind May all the limitless sentient beings come under the Loving care of peaceful and wrathful Manjushri in all their consecutive lives.

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May I attain the enjoyment body, free from the stains of the Intermediate state through constant meditation on Manjushri With his radiant nails and feet on the moon and moving [wind] Mandala in the center of the palace. May I manifest the dance of the supreme emanation body That has abandoned all stains of rebirth Through the coarse and subtle yogas on the complete Body of Vajrabhairava—accomplished from a vajra and seed syllable— With sun that incinerates the mass of superstitions. May I generate the supreme realizations of the completion stage Conjoined with the thirty-seven harmonies of enlightenment Which are the main points of the nine limbs Embodying all the scriptures of the Muni. May I complete the yoga of single-pointed concentration On the sixteen empties unified with simultaneously born bliss By emanating and retracting the red and white bodhichittas Through penetrating the essential points of the vajra-body. The supreme method for this is the glorious illusory body Which is accomplished by guiding the winds into the central channel And actualizing the three empties; may I manifest

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which melt and transform into water for drinking, water for the feet, perfume, flowers, incense, lights, food, and music. They are the nature of bliss and emptiness, appearing in the aspect of the offering substances that function to generate extraordinary uncontaminated bliss in the six senses of the recipients.

OM ARGHAM AH HUM OM PADYAM AH HUM OM GÄNDHE AH HUM OM PUPE AH HUM OM DHUPE AH HUM OM ALOKE AH HUM OM NEWIDE AH HUM OM SHAPTA AH HUH Blessing the Torma for the Directional Protectors OM HRIH TRI WI TRI TA NA NA HUM PHAT OM SÖBHAWA SHUDDHA SARWA DHARMA SÖBHAWA SHUDDHO HAM Everything becomes emptiness. From the state of emptiness from YAM emerges a blue bow-shaped wind mandala marked with pendants. Upon that, from RAM emerges a red triangular fire mandala. Upon that, from AH emerge three human heads upon which from AH emerges a white skull cup inside of which in the east from BHRUM emerges bull meat marked by a GO. In the south, from AM emerges dog meat marked by a KU. In the west, from DZIM emerges elephant meat

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marked by a DA. In the north from KHAM emerges horse meat marked by a HA. In the center, from TAM emerges human flesh marked by a NA.


Above these are white OM, red AH, and blue HUM stacked on upon the other. Light rays radiate from the HUM at my heart striking the wind mandala whereby the wind blows, the fire blazes, and the substances inside the skull cup melt and boil. Light rays radiate in sequence from the three syllables and summon the vajra body, vajra speech, and vajra mind which sequentially dissolve into the three syllables. They descend into the skull cup and melt whereby the faults of color, scent, and potential are purified by the HUM, it is realized into nectar by the AH, and it increases and multiplies through the OM.

OM AH HUM (3x)

Offering the Preliminary Torma Hooking light rays radiate from the blue HUM at my heart and summon the fifteen directional protectors together with their retinue who instantaneously assume their positions in the cardinal and intermediate directions,

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My efforts in four sessions—like a continuously flow of a river— On the coarse and subtle yogas of the first stage that Is the ripening agent for generating all the completion stages. May I perfectly complete a great collection of merit by Presenting pleasing offerings, praises, and practice to the Field of merit that pervades space and is summoned By a heap of light from the heart of the supreme hero. May I become habituated with the unexcelled exalted wisdom By perfectly establishing the divine pride of the truth body Through the definitive wisdom of profound emptiness On the meaning of mantra through the analysis of stainless reasoning. May I have the power to completely uproot All evil beings as well as their retinue of demons Through the concentration of terrifying ten wrathful deities Dwelling on the blazing wrathful [command] wheel. May I accomplish the supreme pure land of the Conqueror Through meditating on the radiant jewel-like celestial mansion The nature of exalted wisdom as the sole embodiment of all things beautiful And is nectar for the eyes resting at the hub of powerful and fierce wheel.

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Extensive Dedication Prayer Thus, through my effort in concentration, recitation, and so forth On the mandala of Yamantaka—the lord of wrathful deities, That appears as the display of bliss and emptiness appearing clearly Like a rainbow on the surface of a stainless mirror and is conjoined With the Ganges-like river of virtue of all living beings. By combining this with the path of liberation And training in the bodhisattva vows and conducts May I complete the common path and fill My mental continuum with this treasury of nectar. Through the divine water of the vase empowerment may My ordinary appearances and conceptions be purified. Through the higher supreme empowerments may I actualize the Speech of the conquerors—the sphere of the clear light and the reality of the union. Since they are the foremost root of attainments, May I always protect with complete purity all of the vows and Commitments that at that time I promised to maintain In the presence of the guru-deity as I would my life. May I annihilate ordinary appearances and conceptions by relying upon

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enter into the clear light, and emerge as Glorious Vajrabhairava with one face and two arms holding a curved knife and skull cup. A single-spoked vajra is generated from a HUM on the tongues of the guests from which a tube of white light emerges.

Recite the root mantra once:

OM YAMA RAJA SADOMEYA YAME DORU NAYO DAYA YADA YONI RA YAKSHEYA YAKSHE YAKSHA NIRYA MAYA HUM HUM PHAT PHAT SÖHA

Recite the following mantra three times to dedicate [the offering]:

OM BHU CHARANAM/YA PATALA CHARAYA/MAN KHECHARAYA/TA PURWA NIGANAM/KA DAKSHINA DIGAYA/HUM PASHCHI MANAM/PHAT UTTARADIGAYA/ OM I/HRIH YA/STRIH WA/WI KSHI/TRI KO/TA É/NA AH/NA DE/HUM BHYOH/PHAT SARWA BHUTEBHYAH

Outer Offerings

OM DASHA DIKA LOKA PALA SAPARIWARA ARGHAM PRATITZA SÖHA

OM DASHA DIKA LOKA PALA SAPARIWARA PADYAM PRATITZA SÖHA

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OM DASHA DIKA LOKA PALA SAPARIWARA PUPE PRATITZA SÖHA

OM DASHA DIKA LOKA PALA SAPARIWARA DHUPE PRATITZA SÖHA

OM DASHA DIKA LOKA PALA SAPARIWARA ALOKE PRATITZA SÖHA

OM DASHA DIKA LOKA PALA SAPARIWARA GHANDE PRATITZA SÖHA

OM DASHA DIKA LOKA PALA SAPARIWARA NEWIDE PRATITZA SÖHA

OM DASHA DIKA LOKA PALA SAPARIWARA SHAPTA PRATITZA SÖHA

Inner Offering

OM DASHA DIKA LOKA PALA SAPARIWARA OM AH HUM

Praise

Praise them with:

In the presence of the Bhagavan Dharma Lord Manjushri you Karma Yama, female spirits, dakinis, bhutas, and zombies promised to act as his servants and obey his command to subdue demons and protect the teachings. I bow to all of you oath-bound outer and inner protectors and place my hopes in you.

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the hateful enemies, harmful and interfering spirits, demons, and obstructers, seize them, bind them, and restrain them. Summon them, drag them, and subjugate them. Kill them, expel them, and paralyze them. Dismember them, stomp on them, and make them confused. Subdue them, destroy them, and then annihilate them so fully that not even an atom of them remains. OM KALARUPA HUM PHAT BHYOH TSAMUNDI HUM PHAT Requesting Forbearance OM YAMANTAKA SAMAYA MANU PALA YAMANTAKA TENO PATITA, DRIDHO ME BHAWA,

SUTO KAYO ME BHAWA, SUPO KAYO ME BHAWA,

ANURAKTO ME BHAWA, SARWA SIDDHI ME

PRAYATZA, SARWA KARMA SUTZA ME, TZITAM

SHRIYAM KURU HUM, HA HA HA HA HO

BHAGAVAN, YAMANTAKA, MA ME MUNTSA,

YAMANTAKA BHAWA, MAHA SAMAYA SATVA AH

HUM PHAT

Whatever I was incapable of doing properly Due to not obtaining or not fully understanding; Please be patient with them all. OM AH HUM MU The wisdom beings that are the supramundane guests depart while the commitment beings dissolve into me and the remaining guests return to their own places.

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OM KALARUPA SAPARIWARA ARGHAM, PADYAM, PUPE, DHUPE, ALOKE, GHANDE, NEWIDE, SHAPTA PRATITZA HUM SÖHA Inner Offering OM KALARUPA HUM PHAT OM AH HUM OM TSAMUNDI HUM PHAT OM AH HUM To the mouths of the male and female lords of death such as Yapati together with your retinue OM AH HUM Entrusting them with Enlightened Actions HUM From seven levels beneath the earth in the south, you the black Lord of Death have arisen as the life-threatening Yama with a black buffalo face from a club marked by a skull that came from a YA. You buffalo face is wrathful to the core; with the face of a cannibal its four fangs are bared. Your wrathful bloodshot eyes dart with provocation, your orange hair is streaming upwards. With the noose in your left hand you bind enemies and interfering spirits. With the club in your right hand you pound them to dust. Dharmaraja, your retinue of Yamas, Mamo Tsamundi holding a trident and skull cup of blood, together with your retinue of servants, the time has come: Accept this ocean-like offering of torma made of human flesh, blood, and lard. Swiftly liberate me from enemies and interfering spirits out of your compassion and the commitment commanded to you by the Conqueror. For

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Entrust them with enlightened actions with:

Directional Protectors and your entourage, engage in your enlightened actions to pacify all obstructions to my practice of the holy Dharma.

Requesting Forbearance

OM YAMANTAKA SAMAYA MANU PALA YAMANTAKA TENO PATITA, DRIDHO ME BHAWA,







HUM PHAT.

Whatever I was incapable of doing properly due to not obtaining or not fully understanding; please be patient with them all.

Departure

OM AH VAJRA MU

The directional protectors together with retinue return to their natural abodes.

Blessing the Offering for the Self-Generation

OM HRIH TRI WI TRI TA NA NA HUM PHAT

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OM SÖBHAWA SHUDDHA SARWA DHARMA SÖBHAWA SHUDDHO HAM Everything becomes emptiness. From the state of emptiness, from AH emerge broad and extensive skull cups inside of which are letter HUMs which melt and transform into water for drinking, water for the feet, perfume, flowers, incense, lights, food, and music. They are the nature of bliss and emptiness, appearing in the aspect of the offering substances that function to generate extraordinary uncontaminated bliss in the six senses of the recipients.

OM ARGHAM AH HUM OM PADYAM AH HUM OM GÄNDHE AH HUM OM PUPE AH HUM OM DHUPE AH HUM OM ALOKE AH HUM OM NEWIDE AH HUM OM SHAPTA AH HUH Meditation and Recitation of Vajrasattva

I go for refuge to the Three Jewels I shall liberate all living beings And establish them in the state of enlightenment; I shall generate perfect bodhichitta. On the crown of my head from PAM emerges a lotus, and from AH a moon mandala, upon which from HUM emerges a white five-spoked vajra with its center marked

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Having been requested in this way, they hold aloft vases filled with exalted wisdom nectar and recite: OM VAJRI BHAWA ABHIKINTSA HUM And bestow the empowerment through the crown of their heads. All stains are purified and the excess water overflows and transforms into a black five-spoked vajra that becomes their crown ornament. OM KALARUPA SAPARIWARA SAMAYA TVAM Presenting the Torma Offering A single-spoked vajra is generated from a HUM on the tongues of Dharmaraja Father and Mother together with their retinue from which emerges a tube of white light through which they partake of the essence of the torma. OM KALARUPA SAPARIWARA BIGNAM SHATRUM MARAYA IDAM BALINGTA KHA KHA KHAHI KHAHI HUM PHAT (3x) OM TSAMUNDI SARWA BIGNAM SHATRUM MARAYA IDAM BALINGTA KHA KHA KHAHI KHAHI HUM PHAT To the mouths of the male and female lords of death such as Yapati together with your retinue IDAM BALINGTA KHA KHA KHAHI KHAHI HUM PHAT Outer Offering

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[In the space] before me upon a lotus, sun, and buffalo is a YA from which emerges a skullclub marked by a YA from which light rays radiate annihilating all enemies, obstructing spirits, and evil beings. The [light rays] are reabsorbed, dissolve into the skull-club which completely transforms and emerges as black Karma Yama with one face and two arms and the face of a buffalo. He has three round bloodshot eyes. His right hand holds a skull club and his left a noose. His orange hair is streaming upwards and his red organ stands erect. To his left, from TSAM and a trident emerges black Tsamundi with one face and two arms. Her right hand holds a trident and her left a skull cup. They are surrounded by a retinue of male and female Yamas such as Yapati and so forth. At the crown of the entire Principal and retinue is a white OM, at their throats a red AH, and at their hearts a blue HUM. Invoking the Wisdom Beings Light rays radiate from the HUM at my heart and invoke Father and Mother Karmayama and their retinue from seven levels below the earth in the southern direction. OM KALARUPA SAPARIWARA É HAYE HI/DZA HUM BAM HO They become nondual. Once again, light rays radiate from the HUM at my heart and invoke the five lineages of Yamantaka. “I request you; please bestow the empowerment.”

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by a HUM. From this light rays radiate and perform the two purposes. The light rays return and this transforms into Vajrasattva, with a white colored body, one face, and two hands holding a vajra and bell. He sits in the vajra posture and embraces his consort Vajramanani, who has one face and two hands holding a curved knife and skull cup. Both beings are adorned with silks and a variety of other precious ornaments. The Father sits in the vajra posture. Upon a moon at his heart is a white syllable HUM from which light rays radiate and invoke the wisdom being identical to himself. They become nondual.

Once again, light rays radiate from the letter HUM at their hearts and invite the empowering deities to the space before them. “O all you Tathagatas, I request you to bestow the empowerment upon them.” By requesting in this way, they hold aloft vases filled with the nectar of exalted wisdom and bestow the empowerment [while reciting]: “OM SARWA TATHAGATA ABHISHEKATA SAMAYA SHRIYE HUM” Saying this, they grant the empowerment. Their whole bodies are filled with exalted wisdom nectar and Akshobya becomes their crown ornament.

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On a moon disk at his heart is a syllable HUM surrounded by the hundred-syllable mantra. “O Bhagavan Vajrasattva, please cleanse and pacify all the non-virtues, negative karma, and degenerated commitments of myself and all living beings.” Having been requested in this way, light rays radiate from the letter HUM at his heart. This purifies all the negative karma and obscurations of all living beings and makes pleasing offerings to the buddhas and bodhisattvas. All their good qualities are collected in the form of light rays which dissolve into the HUM which becomes resplendent with power and force of all things excellent.

OM VAJRASATTVA SAMAYA MANU PALAYA, VAJRASATTVA TENO PATITA, DRIDHO ME BHAWA, SUTO KAYO ME BHAWA, SUPO KAYO ME BHAWA, ANURAKTO ME BHAWA, SARWA SIDDHI ME PRAYATZA, SARWA KARMA SUTZA ME, TZITAM SHRIYAM KURU HUM, HA HA HA HA HO BHAGAVAN, VAJRASATTVA, MA ME MUNTSA, VAJRI BHAWA, MAHA SAMAYA SATTVA AH HUM PHAT (21x) Through my ignorance and delusions I have broken and defiled my spiritual commitments. Spiritual Master, be my refuge and protector. Principal Holder of the Vajra, endowed with great compassion, lord of all living beings, to you I go for refuge.

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OM DASHA DIKA LOKA PALA SAPARIWARA ALOKE PRATITZA SÖHA

OM DASHA DIKA LOKA PALA SAPARIWARA GHANDE PRATITZA SÖHA

OM DASHA DIKA LOKA PALA SAPARIWARA NEWIDE PRATITZA SÖHA

OM DASHA DIKA LOKA PALA SAPARIWARA SHAPTA PRATITZA SÖHA

Inner Offering OM DASHA DIKA LOKA PALA SAPARIWARA OM AH HUM Praise

In the presence of the Bhagavan Dharma Lord Manjushri you Karma Yama, female spirits, dakinis, bhutas, and zombies promised to act as his servants and obey his command to subdue demons and protect the teachings. I bow to all of you oath-bound outer and inner protectors and place my hopes in you. Directional Protectors and your entourage, engage in your enlightened actions to pacify all obstructions to my practice of the holy Dharma.

If you have the time and inclination and would like to extend the [torma offerings] slightly, you should present a torma offering to Karmayama as follows:

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Offering the Torma to the Directional Protectors

Recite the root mantra as a blessing:


Recite the following mantra three times to dedicate [the offering]:

OM BHU CHARANAM/YA PATALA CHARAYA/MAN KHECHARAYA/TA PURWA NIGANAM/KA DAKSHINA DIGAYA/HUM PASHCHI MANAM/PHAT UTTARADIGAYA/ OM I/HRIH YA/STRIH WA/WI KSHI/TRI KO/TA É/NA AH/NA DE/HUM BHYOH/PHAT SARWA BHUTEBHYAH

Outer Offerings

OM DASHA DIKA LOKA PALA SAPARIWARA ARGHAM PRATITZA SÖHA

OM DASHA DIKA LOKA PALA SAPARIWARA PADYAM PRATITZA SÖHA

OM DASHA DIKA LOKA PALA SAPARIWARA PUPE PRATITZA SÖHA

OM DASHA DIKA LOKA PALA SAPARIWARA DHUPE PRATITZA SÖHA

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Then Vajrasattva says: “Child of the lineage, now your negative karma, obscurations, broken and defiled commitments are cleansed and purified.” Saying this, he dissolves into me, and my three doors become inseparable from the body, speech and mind of Vajrasattva. How to Perform the Actual Session Presenting Offerings to the Field of Merit Light rays radiate from the HUM upon the lotus and sun seat at the heart of myself appearing clearly as Bhairava with one face and two arms illuminating limitless worldly realms and invoking Vajrabhairava together with the guru and all the buddhas, bodhisattvas, wrathful deities, and knowledge holders together with their retinue to the space before me. The light rays then dissolve back into my heart.

Prostration to the Guru and Deity

By whose kindness the state of great bliss Can be obtained in an instant, At the feet of my jewel-like guru The Vajra-Holder, I prostrate. I prostrate to Vajrabhairava; The hero with a supreme form of Supreme great wrath who enjoys supreme objects

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And acts to subdue those difficult to subdue.

[Offering goddesses] emerge from the seed syllable at my heart as white Charchika, blue Varahi, red Sarasvati, and green Gauri who hold various offerings substances in their hands and present the offerings.

Outer Offerings

OM HRIH TRI HA (water for drinking)

OM HUM HUM PHAT (water for the feet)

OM WI TRI TA NA NA DUSHTAM SATTVA DAM KA GA GA GA (perfume)

OM KUMARA RUPINÉ DZA DZA HUM PHAT (flowers)

OM HRIH HA HÉ PHAT (incense)

OM DIPTA LOCHANA VIKTRI TA NA NA MAHA ATTATTA HASA NA DINI DIPTA YE SÖHA (lights)

OM VAJRA NEWIDE AH HUM SÖHA (food)

OM VAJRA SHAPTA AH HUM (music)

Reabsorb the offering goddesses.

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Inner Offering

OM YAMANTAKA HUM PHAT OM AH HUM

Offering Praise

I prostrate to you glorious Manjushri who is complete [with all good qualities]: As the father of all the conquerors your Nondual and extraordinary body pervades all things equally. As the sphere of reality you are the mother of the conquerors. As the wisdom being you are son of all the conquerors. I prostate to you terrifying Yamantaka: Although neither love nor hate exist in the sphere of reality Your method of compassion reveals itself as the King of Wrath In order to subdue all evil beings in the three worlds.

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The entire supporting and supported mandala of Solitary Hero Glorious Vajrabhairava instantly appears [in the space] before me. Light rays radiate from the HUM at my heart and invoke the exalted wisdom beings as the mandala of Solitary Hero Glorious Vajrabhairava together with the directional protectors.

DZA, HUM, BAM, HO

The wisdom beings and the commitment beings become nondual. A single-spoked vajra is generated from a HUM at the tongues of the guests from which a tube of white light emerges through which they partake of the essence of the torma.

Offer the torma by reciting the following mantra either three or seven times:

OM HRIH TRI WI TRI TA NA NA HUM PHAT VAJRA BHAIRAVA ADHI PATI IMAM BALINGTA KHA KHA KHAHI KHAHI HUM PHAT SÖHA

Outer Offerings





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The Seven Limbs

I confess my negative actions, and To remove those produced or those arising I declare in your presence that I will not do them again And likewise rejoice in the merit [of myself and others]. I thoroughly dedicate them for proceeding to bliss. I go for refuge to the Three Jewels I shall liberate all living beings And establish them in the state of enlightenment; I shall generate perfect bodhichitta. I offer my body to you who are An ocean of good qualities. Just as the perfectly complete buddhas and bodhisattvas Engaged in the path of the generosity and so forth For the sake of attaining the exalted wisdom of the three bodies I devote myself with pure faith [to this path]. The Tantric Vows

All Buddhas and Bodhisattvas Please listen to me. I, whose name is . . . [say your secret name] From this time forth Until the essence of enlightenment, Shall generate the unsurpassed sacred bodhichitta, Just all the Protectors of the three times Have ensured their enlightenment. I shall uphold without exception the individual

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Vows and commitments of the five buddha families. I shall liberate those not liberated, Deliver those not delivered, Give breath to those breathless, And lead all beings to nirvana. The Four Immeasurables

May all living beings become endowed with bliss. May all living beings be free of suffering. May all living beings never be parted from their bliss. May all living beings remain undisturbed by the eight worldly concerns and the superstitions of the apprehended and apprehender. Bringing the Three Bodies into the Path

Bringing Death into the Path as the Truth Body

OM SÖBHAWA SHUDDHA SARWA DHARMA SÖBHAWA SHUDDHO HAM OM SHUNYATA JNANA VAJRA SÖBHAWA ÄMAKO HAM Because myself, the deities in the field of merit, and all other phenomena are conceptual imputations they are free from the four extremes of permanence, annihilation, and so forth and they transform into emptiness that is the nature of selflessness.

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Upon that, from AH emerge three human heads upon which from AH emerges a white skull cup inside of which in the east from BHRUM emerges bull meat marked by a GO. In the south, from AM emerges dog meat marked by a KU. In the west, from DZIM emerges elephant meat marked by a DA. In the north from KHAM emerges horse meat marked by a HA. In the center, from TAM emerges human flesh marked by a NA.


Above these are white OM, red AH, and blue HUM stacked on upon the other. Light rays radiate from the HUM at my heart striking the wind mandala whereby the wind blows, the fire blazes, and the substances inside the skull cup melt and boil. Light rays radiate in sequence from the syllables and summon the vajra body, vajra speech, and vajra mind which sequentially dissolve into the three syllables. They descend into the skull cup and melt whereby the faults of color, scent, and potential are purified by the HUM, it is realized into nectar by the AH, and it increases and multiplies by the OM.

OM AH HUM (3x)

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HUM PHAT

Presenting Outer and Inner Offerings OM YAMANTAKA ARGHAM, PADYAM, GHANDE, PUPE, DHUPE, ALOKE, NEWIDE, SHAPTA PRATITZA SÖHA OM YAMANTAKA OM AH HUM Praise

I prostrate to Vajrabhairava; The hero with a supreme form of Supreme great wrath who enjoys supreme objects And acts to subdue those difficult to subdue. Presenting the Torma Offering Next, present the torma offering to the mundane and supramundane deities as well as Karmayama. Blessing the Torma

OM HRIH TRI WI TRI TA NA NA HUM PHAT OM SÖBHAWA SHUDDHA SARWA DHARMA SÖBHAWA SHUDDHO HAM Everything becomes emptiness. From the state of emptiness from YAM emerges a blue bow-shaped wind mandala marked with pendants. Upon that, from RAM emerges a red triangular fire mandala.

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Meditation on the Common Protection Circle

From the state of emptiness, from YAM emerges a wind mandala. Upon that, from RAM emerges a fire mandala. Upon that, from BAM emerges a water mandala. Upon that, from LAM emerges an earth mandala. Upon that, from HUM emerges as variegated vajra with a HUM marking its center. Light rays radiate from that downward forming the vajra ground, sideways forming the vajra fence, upward forming the vajra tent, and upward yet below the tent to form the vajra canopy. They are all the nature of blazing vajras that are one solid piece without any intervening spaces. Beyond this is a mass of five-colored fire like the fire at the end of the eon moving in the ten directions.

Meditation on the Uncommon Protection Circle

In the center of the fence, from BHRUM emerges a blazing yellow command wheel spinning clockwise with ten spokes and a hub. Within the hub, yet not quite touching the spokes are the three seats of variegated lotus, moon, and sun upon each [of the spokes]. Upon the central seat is a letter HUM which completely transforms and I emerge as Sumbharaja with a blue colored body and Akshobya as my crown ornament. I have three faces that are dark blue, white, and red as well as six arms. The first two embrace the Mother who is similar to myself. The extra right two hold a jewel and hook, and the extra left

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two hold a lotus and a noose. I stand with my right leg bent and left outstretched. Light rays radiate from the HUM at the heart of the Father and Mother embraced, summoning the ten wrathful deities that enter my mouth, melt, pass through my vajra-path, and enter into the Mother’s lotus where ten drops transform into ten long HUMs which transform into the ten wrathful deities.

Yamantaka is blue in color with Vairochana as his crown ornament. He has three faces that are blue, white, and red as well as six arms. The first two embrace his consort who is similar in appearance. The extra right two hands hold a jewel and vajra-hammer and the extra left two hold a lotus and a sword. HUM! He is emanated from the [Mother’s] lotus and assumes his position above the eastern spoke with his left leg outstretched. Aparajita is white in color with Akshobya as his crown ornament. He has three faces that are white, dark blue, and red as well as six arms. The first two embrace his consort who is similar in appearance. The extra right two hands hold a jewel and a club and the extra left two hold a lotus and a sword. HUM! He is emanated from the [Mother’s] lotus and assumes his position above the southern spoke with his left leg outstretched. Hayagriva is red in color with Amitabha as his crown ornament. He has three faces that are red, dark blue, and white as well as six arms. The first two hands embrace his consort who is similar in appearance. The extra right two hands hold a jewel and a lotus and the extra left two hold a wheel and a sword. HUM! He is emanated from the [Mother’s] lotus and assumes his position above the western spoke with his left leg outstretched.

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The Actual Recitation Recite the following mantra and practice the combination of peace and wrath: OM AH RA PA TSA NA DHI

Recite the following mantras as many times as you are able:

The Root Mantra:


The Action Mantra: OM HRIH TRI WI TRI TA NA NA HUM PHAT

The Essence Mantra OM YAMANTAKA HUM PHAT

At the conclusion recite:

OM YAMANTAKA SAMAYA MANU PALA YAMANTAKA TENO PATITA, DRIDHO ME BHAWA,






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a HUM. Light rays radiate from the HUM at his heart and invoke the wisdom beings identical to the visualized beings. DZA, HUM, BAM, HO They become nondual with the wisdom beings. The empowering deities bestow the empowerment and his head is adorned by Akshobya. Presenting Outer and Inner Offerings OM YAMANTAKA ARGHAM, PADYAM, GHANDE, PUPE, DHUPE, ALOKE, NEWIDE, SHAPTA PRATITZA SÖHA OM YAMANTAKA OM AH HUM Praise

I prostrate to Vajrabhairava; The hero with a supreme form of Supreme great wrath who enjoys supreme objects And acts to subdue those difficult to subdue. Recite following mantra as many times as you are able: OM YAMANTAKA HUM PHAT Vajrabhairava melts into light and beads of the rosary transform into a rosary of human heads dripping with blood.

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Amritakundali is blue in color with Akshobya as his crown ornament. He has three faces that are blue, white and red as well as six arms. The first two hands embrace his consort how is similar in a appearance. The extra right two hands hold a jewel and a vajra and the extra left two hold a lotus and a sword. HUM! He is emanated from the [Mother’s] lotus and assumes his position above the northern spoke with his left leg outstretched. Takiraja is dark blue in color with Akshobya as his crown ornament. He has three faces that are dark blue, white, and red as well as six arms. The first two hands embrace his consort who is similar in appearance. The extra right hands hold a jewel and a hook and extra left two hold a lotus and a sword. HUM! He is emanated from the [Mother’s] lotus and assumes his position above the southeastern spoke with his left leg outstretched. Niladanda is blue in color with Akshobya as his crown ornament. He has three faces that are blue, white, and red as well as six arms. The first two embrace his consort who is similar in appearance. The extra right hands hold a jewel and a club and the extra left two hold a lotus and a sword. HUM! He is emanated from the [Mother’s] lotus and assumes his position above the southwestern spoke with his left leg outstretched. Mahabala is blue in color with Akshobya as his crown ornament. He has three faces that are blue, white, and red as well as six arms. The first two embrace his consort who is similar in appearance. The extra right hands hold a jewel and a trident and the extra left two hold a lotus and a sword. HUM! He is emanated from the [Mother’s] lotus

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and assumes his position above the northwestern spoke with his left leg outstretched. Achala is dark blue in color with Akshobya as his crown ornament. He has three faces that are dark blue, white, and red as well as six arms. The first two embrace his consort who is similar in appearance. The extra right hands hold a jewel and a sword and the extra left two hold a lotus and a vajra. HUM! He is emanated from the [Mother’s] lotus and assumes his position above the northeastern spoke with his left leg outstretched. Ushnisha Chakravartin is yellowish-green in color with Akshobya as his crown ornament. He has three faces that are yellowish-green, white, and red as well as six arms. The first two embrace his consort who is similar in appearance. The extra right hands hold a jewel and a wheel and the extra left two hold a lotus and a sword. HUM! He is emanated from the [Mother’s] lotus and assumes his position on the spoke slightly in front and above the Principal with his left leg outstretched. Vajra Patala is dark blue in color with Akshobya as his crown ornament. He has three faces that are dark blue, white, and red as well as six arms. The first two embrace his consort who is similar in appearance. The extra right hands hold a jewel and a vajra and the extra left two hold a lotus and a sword. HUM! He is emanated from the [Mother’s] lotus and assumes his position on the spoke slightly behind and below the Principal with his left leg outstretched. All eleven also have bared fangs and each of their faces have three round bloodshot eyes. Their hair and

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Being naked is being without the veil of obscuration. My hair streaming upward reveals the state of nirvana. As for the concise meaning of these: Reaching decisive insight into the base that is the subject matter of the nine limbs of scripture as the conventional illusory and space-like ultimate that is thoroughly comprehending the thirty-seven harmonies with enlightenment. Realizing the primary ultimate meaning of that path is the realization of the sixteen [divisions] of emptiness as well as the method for abiding inseparably with great bliss. By progressing through that path one is lead to the result of the common and uncommon attainments of which the principal is the state of nirvana where obscurations have been extinguished. I comprehend this symbolism while appearing in the bodily aspect of Vajrabhairava. Mantra Recitation Blessing the Rosary OM HRIH TRI WI TRI TA NA NA HUM PHAT OM SÖBHAWA SHUDDHA SARWA DHARMA SÖBHAWA SHUDDHO HAM Everything becomes emptiness. From the state of emptiness each bead of the rosary appears as a syllable HUM upon a lotus and sun seat which completely transforms into Glorious Vajrabhairava with one face and two arms holding a curved knife and skull cup. He stands with his left leg outstretched. At his crown is an OM, at his throat is an AH, and at his heart is

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Nondual and extraordinary body pervades all things equally. As the sphere of reality you are the mother of the conquerors. As the wisdom being you are son of all the conquerors. I prostate to you terrifying Yamantaka: Although neither love nor hate exist in the sphere of reality Your method of compassion reveals itself as the King of Wrath In order to subdue all evil beings in the three worlds.

At this point you should cultivate divine pride and clear appearance by penetrating the quintessential instructions for analytical meditation and placement meditation on the coarse and subtle generation stage and train in the vast and profound in accordance with hearing lineage as revealed in the profound commentaries.

Recollecting the Purity

Thus my nine faces are the nine limbs of scripture. My two horns are the two truths. My thirty-four arms and my body, speech, and mind are thirty-seven harmonies with enlightenment.

My sixteen legs are the sixteen divisions of emptiness. My erect organ is the increasing of great bliss. The person and so forth are the eight attainments. The vulture and so forth are the purity of the eight powers.

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moustaches are blazing, orange, and streaming upward. They have various ornaments such as earrings of wheels and so forth as well as being adorned with snakes. They are endowed with the strength to utterly annihilate demons and obstructing spirits. They abide amidst a blazing mass of exalted wisdom fire produced from their bodies. They emanate terrifying vajras blazing in the ten directions like the formation of clouds that annihilate all evil beings. If you wish to make it more concise [go back to the section that says “ten long HUMs which transform into the ten wrathful deities”] and recite:

The HUMs are emanated from the Mother’s lotus and the [ten wrathful deities] assume their individual places on the ten spokes in the manner of annihilating all evil beings.

Bringing the Intermediate State into the Path as the Enjoyment Body

I myself abiding as Sumbharaja transform into Vajrasattva with a white colored body and three faces of white, dark blue, and red as well as six arms. The first two embrace a consort similar to myself. The extra right two hold a vajra and sword and the extra left two hold a jewel and lotus. I [as Vajrasattva] transform into white upright three-cornered phenomena source with a fine lower point and a broad upper end. From the lower point, from PAM, emerges a variegated lotus with HUM at its center from which emerges a variegated vajra. The eastern spokes are white, the southern spokes are yellow, the western

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spokes are red, the northern spokes are green, and the central hub is blue. In the center of that, from BHRUM emerges a wheel marked by a BHRUM from which emerges a white Vairochana with three faces that are white, dark blue, and red as well as six arms. His first two embrace a consort who is similar to himself. The extra right two hold a hold a wheel with a vajra and a sword and the extra left two hold a jewel and a lotus. He completely transforms into square celestial mansion with four doors and four archways. Its five-layered walls are in sequence of white, yellow, red, green, and blue from the outside inward. Above the wall is a yellow jeweled frieze beautified with various jewel. At half of the width of the [interior] of the celestial mansion is a circular beam with a rosary of jewels upon which stand eight pillars supporting and beautified by four vajra intersecting beams.

The peak [of the celestial mansion] is surmounted and beatified by a precious jeweled vajra. The inside [of the celestial mansion] is white in the east, yellow in the south, red in the west, green in the north, and blue in the center. Above the jeweled frieze is a four-stacked golden balustrade with [rafters] protruding whose ends are carved in the shape of sea monsters adorned with jewels, nets, half-nets, bells, fans, and so forth which hang from their mouths. [Upon this], and protruding beyond are eaves with hanging jeweled drip ornaments. Upon that is a parapet in the shape of half lotus petals that are beatified with pendants, victory banners, and so forth. Around the outer edge of the wall is a red plinth for the objects of

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Furthermore, to the sworn protectors who have seen the past buddhas, heard the holy Dharma and relied upon the Arya Sangha, who have promised to protect the Dharma of the fourfold Sangha and were trained by former gurus, OM AH HUM. To the mouths of heroes, yoginis, directional protectors, field protectors, nagas, and so forth who abide in the twenty-four holy places, the thirty-two sites, and the eight great charnel grounds OM AH HUM. To all the guardians of the local places and to all sentient beings transformed into the deity, OM AH HUM. OM HRIH TRI WI TRI TA NA NA HUM PHAT OM AH HUM

OM AMRITA SÖDANA VAJRA SÖBHAWA ÄMAKO HAM All the guests become satisfied by this nectar of exalted wisdom. If you wish to abbreviate it, after reciting “My root guru…” recite “To all the Lineage gurus OM AH HUM” and continue on with rest after “Furthermore, to the mouths of the holy…”

Offering Praise

I prostrate to you glorious Manjushri who is complete [with all good qualities]: As the father of all the conquerors your

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To Powerful Conqueror Kelsang Gyatso OM AH HUM

To the Powerful Siddha Rolpai Dorje OM AH HUM

To Trichen Ngawang Tsultrim OM AH HUM

To Trichen Janchub Chöphel OM AH HUM

To Dagri Losang Chöjor OM AH HUM

To Yongzin Lingtrul Losang Lungtog Tenzin OM AH HUM

To Khenchen Khenrab Tenpa Chöphel Palsangpo OM AH HUM

To my kind root guru Dorje Chang Dechen Nyingpo Palsangpo OM AH HUM

At this point insert the names of your empowering gurus from Pabongkha Dechen Nyingpo to your root guru].

Furthermore, to the mouth of the holy gurus who give initiations, explain tantra, and give oral instructions together with their lineage gurus OM AH HUM

OM YAMANTAKA HUM PHAT OM AH HUM

Furthermore, to the mouths of all the personal deities associated with the four great classes of tantra OM AH HUM. To the mouth of Dharmaraja and his retinue OM AH HUM.

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desire that encircles [the celestial mansion] with goddesses holding offering substances and offerings arranged on its surface. At the outer and inner corners of the doors, entryways, and the four outer and inner corners [of the celestial mansion] are half moons adorned with jewels and vajras. In front of each of the four doors are four pillars that support the eleven layered archway upon which are Dharma wheels with a buck and doe to their right and left.

Beyond the vajra fence and mountain of fire are the eight great charnel grounds such as the Ferocious One and so forth. There are eight trees such as Nagakesara and so forth. At the foot of each tree are the eight directional protectors such as Indra and so forth. At the tops [of the trees] are the eight field protectors such as Great Magical Emanation with an Elephant Face and so forth. There are eight lakes of compassion in which abide the eight nagas such as Vasuki and so forth. Abiding in the sky above them are eight clouds such as Proclaimer and so forth. There are eight fires of exalted wisdom, eight stupas, as well as skeletons, corpses being impaled, hanging from trees, eating beings, being pierced by weapons, and so forth. There are crows, vultures, dogs, jackals, lions, tigers, and so forth. There are zombies clattering with many sounds, yakshas, cannibals, and so forth that create a terrifying scene.

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pointedly at the Bhagavan. They are naked with disheveled hair and adorned with the five mudras. They hold hand drums, skull cups, and katvangas and their crowns are adorned with skulls. They are laughing, and operating within the charnel grounds that make the surrounding charnel grounds utterly amazing.

Within the center of the celestial mansion is a syllable YAM from which emerges a black wind mandala with a slight shade of red upon which from the first letter A emerges a moon mandala. Within the center of that emerges a yellow DHI like a water bubble emerging from water. This transforms into sword, the center of which is marked by a DHI. Light rays radiate from that invoking all the Sugatas which dissolves into [the DHI] which completely transforms and I arise as the causal vajra-holder—youthful Manjushri. I have a yellow colored body with a slightly wrathful expression. My right hand holds a sword, my left a volume of scripture at my heart, and I sit in the vajra posture. I am adorned with the thirty-two signs and eighty indications. My hair is tied up in a five-layered top knot and I am adorned with all the ornaments.

Bringing Rebirth into the Path as the Emanation Body

From an AH at my heart [as Manjushri] emerges a sun mandala from which light rays radiate and invoke all the buddhas in the ten directions such a Vairochana and so

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To Jetsun Ga Lo OM AH HUM

To Rongpa Sherab Sengé OM AH HUM

To Lama Yeshe Palwa OM AH HUM

To Chöje Dondrup Rinchen OM AH HUM

To the King of the Dharma Tsongkhapa the Great OM AH HUM

To Khädrup Tenpai Nyima Geleg Palsang OM AH HUM

To Jetsun Sherab Sengé OM AH HUM

To Dulzin Palden Zangpo OM AH HUM

To Jamyang Gendun Pal OM AH HUM

To Gyuchen Tashi Phagpa OM AH HUM

To Gyuchen Samdrup Gyatso OM AH HUM

To Gyuchen Tsondru Phagpa OM AH HUM

To Gyuchen Dorje Sangpo OM AH HUM

To Gyuchen Sangé Gyatso OM AH HUM

To the Omniscient Panchen Losang Chökyi Gyaltsen OM AH HUM

To the Vajra Holder Konchog Gyaltsen OM AH HUM

To Panchen Losang Yeshe OM AH HUM

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OM YAMANTAKA NEWIDE PRATITZA SÖHA OM YAMANTAKA SHAPTA PRATITZA SÖHA Inner Offering OM To the mouth of my precious root guru, you are the nature of all the body, speech, mind, deeds and qualities of all the Tathagatas of the three times and the ten directions, you are the source of all the eighty-four thousand classes of Dharma teachings, you are the principal of all the Arya Sanghas, OM AH HUM To the Bhagavan Glorious Vajrabhairava the Great OM AH HUM

To the wisdom dakini OM AH HUM

To Lalitavajra OM AH HUM

To Amoghavajra OM AH HUM

To Jnanakaragupta OM AH HUM

To Pämavajra OM AH HUM

To Dipankara Rakshita OM AH HUM

To Rva Lo Dorje Drag OM AH HUM

To Rva Chörab OM AH HUM

To Rva Yeshe Sengé OM AH HUM

To Rva Bum Sengé OM AH HUM

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forth, the bodhisattvas such as Vajra Sharp and so forth, the wrathful deities such as Vajra Hook and so forth, and knowledge holders and the female bodhisattvas such as Vajra Goddess and so forth. Together with Manjushri, they enter into the sun mandala which transforms into a sun mandala that radiates light for a hundred thousand miles. Upon that is dark blue syllable HUM that radiates five-colored rays of light and invokes the buddhas, bodhisattvas, heroes, wrathful deities, and knowledge-holders. They enter the HUM which becomes a wrathful black nine-spoked vajra with the ends of the spokes bent outward and radiating five-colored rays of light. Its center marked by a HUM from which minute vajras emanate as well as an assembly of buddhas, bodhisattvas, and wrathful deities that fill all of space like sesame seeds filling a pod. Abiding on the sun, [the vajra] ripens living beings whereby they attain the state of Vajrabhairava and they are simultaneously withdrawn and dissolve into the vajra. The moon, sun, and vajra completely transform and emerge as variegated lotus, moon, and sun seats upon which I arise as the resultant vajra holder Glorious Vajrabhairava the Great. I have a bluish-black body, nine face, thirty-four arms and sixteen legs. I stand with my right legs bent and left outstretched.

I am capable of devouring the three realms with the sound HA HA and my tongue curled upward. My fangs are bared and gnashing with a wrathful expression. My cheeks, eyes, and eyebrows blaze with wrath like the [fire] at the end of the eon and my yellow hair streams

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upward. I threaten the mundane and supramundane deities with a threatening mudra which frightens even the terrifying beings. I proclaim PHEIM KARA loudly like the roar of thunder. I devour human blood, fat, marrow, and lard. I am adorned with a crown of five dried and terrifying skulls and a rosary of fifty moist human heads as a [necklace]. I have a chest ornament made of black snakes and wheel of human bones as well as other bone ornaments such as earrings and so forth. I have a big belly, naked body, and my organ stands erect. My eyelashes, eyebrows, moustache, and body hairs blaze like the fire at the end of time.

My main face is that of a black buffalo and is extremely wrathful with sharply pointed horns. Upon that, in the center of the two horns is a red face that is very terrifying with blood dripping from its mouth. Upon that is a yellow face of Manjushri with a slightly wrathful expression and is adorned with ornaments of a youth and his crown has a five-layered top knot. The first face to the right of the horn’s base is blue, the [face] to its right is red, and the [face] to its left is yellow. The first face to the left of the horns’ base is white, the [face] to its right is grey, and the [face] to its left is black. The faces are extremely wrathful and all nine faces have three eyes.

My first two right and left hands hold an moist elephant skin with its head to the right and its hair facing outward while holding the skin outstretched by its left front and hind legs. As for my extra right hands, the first holds a

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“All you tathagatas, please bestow the empowerment directly upon me.” Having been supplicated in this way, they emanate goddesses such as Charchika and so forth who, as a preliminary, proclaim auspicious verses and hold aloft moon-like white vases filled with the five nectars and recite:

Just as at the moment of birth the [Buddha] was bathed by all the tathagatas, Likewise you are cleansed With the pure water of the gods. Saying this, they bestow the empowerment through the crown of my head. My body is completely filled with empowering water, all stains are purified, and the excess water overflows on the crown of my head and completely transforms into Akshobya on the crown of the main face of the Principal who becomes my crown ornament and the empowering deities dissolve into me. OM YAMANTAKA ARGHAM PRATITZA SÖHA OM YAMANTAKA PADYAM PRATITZA SÖHA OM YAMANTAKA GHÄNDE PRATITZA SÖHA OM YAMANTAKA PUPE PRATITZA SÖHA OM YAMANTAKA DHUPE PRATITZA SÖHA OM YAMANTAKA ALOKE PRATITZA SÖHA

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[Absorbing the Wisdom Beings]

OM MUNGARA DZA OM DANDA HUM OM PEMA BAM OM KHANGA HO [Invoking the Empowering Deities]

OM HRIH HA BHO MA HA KRODHA AGACHA AGACHA ASMA DA PUJA PRATITZA GRIHANTU PRASADA ME DHI MANA KURU SÖHA

Once again, light rays radiate from the HUM at my heart and invoke the buddhas and bodhisattvas abiding in the ten directions to the space before me.

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curved knife, the second a dart, the third a wooden pestle, the fourth a fish knife, the sixth a harpoon, the sixth a battle axe, the seventh a spear, and the eighth an arrow. [In the back row], the ninth holds an iron hook, the tenth a mace, the eleventh a katvanga, the twelfth a wheel, the thirteenth a five-spoked vajra, the fourteenth a vajra-hammer, the fifteenth a sword, and the sixteenth holds a hand drum.

As for my extra left hands, the first holds a skull cup filled with blood, the second a head of Brahma, the third a shield, the forth a leg, the fifth a lasso, the sixth a bow, the seventh intestines, and the eighth a bell. [In the back row], the ninth holds a hand, the tenth a cloth shroud, the eleventh a person impaled on a stick, the twelfth a brazier, the thirteenth a scalp, the fourteenth a [hand in the] threatening mudra, the fifteenth a three-pointed pennant [with a spear attached to its tip], and the sixteenth holds a wind flag.

My first right leg treads on a man, the second a buffalo, the third a bull, the forth a donkey, the fifth a camel, the sixth a dog, the seventh a sheep, and the eighth a fox. My first left [leg] treads on a vulture, the second an owl, the third a raven, the forth a parrot, the fifth a hawk, the sixth a kite, the seventh a mynah bird, and the eighth a swan. [My right legs] also tread on Brahma, Indra, Vishnu, Shiva [and my left] on Kumara, Ganesh, Chandra, and Surya. I stand amidst a heap of blazing flames while suppressing these beings under my feet.

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Blessing the Sources and Elements as Well as the Body, Speech, and Mind

At my eyes are white KSHIM the nature of Kshitigharba. At my ears are black DZIM the nature of Vajrapani. At my nose is a yellow KHAM the nature of Khagarbha. At my tongue is a red RAM the nature of Avalokiteshvara. At my forehead is a green KAM the nature of Sarvanirvanabiskambhini. At my navel is a white SAM the nature of Samatabhadra.

At my crown is a white OM the nature of the vajra body. At my throat is a red AH the nature of the vajra speech, and at my heart is a blue HUM the nature of the vajra mind.

Meditating on the Three Stacked Being

At the heart of myself as the commitment being is moon seat upon which is the wisdom being appearing as youthful Manjushri. He is yellow in color with a slightly wrathful expression. His right hand holds a sword aloft and his left holds a scripture at his heart and sits with his legs in the vajra posture. He is adorned with the thirty-two signs and eighty indications. His hair is tied up in a five-layered top knot and is adorned with all the ornaments. At his heart, a sun mandala emerges from an AH in the center of which is the concentration being as a dark blue syllable HUM radiating five-colored rays of light.

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Invoking the Wisdom Beings

OM HRIH HA BHO MA HA KRODHA AGACHA AGACHA ASMA DA PUJA PRATITZA GRIHANTU PRASADA ME DHI MANA KURU SÖHA

Light rays radiate from the HUM at my heart and invoke the supporting and supported mandala of Glorious Vajrabhairava Solitary Hero similar in aspect to the visualization to the space before me.

Dispel obstructing spirits who follow [after the wisdom beings] by reciting:

OM HRIH TRI WI TRI TA NA NA HUM PHAT

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the extensive sadhana of solitary hero yamantaka

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